allisrecipes:

foodopia:

banh mi bites: recipe here

I quietly gasped at my screen. This is fucking genius.

So, yeah… I run a food blog because that is how enthusiastic I am about food/cooking/eating. I mostly reblog recipes I want to try, but if I come up with something tasty on my own, I post them too.

My family knows how to eat. 

eddyizm:

Monsanto Threatens to Sue Vermont if Legislators Pass a Bill Requiring GMO Food to Be Labeled

More reasons to hate this company.

Yeah Monsanto, what a fucking concept right? Why would someone want to know if what they’re ingesting is genetically modified?!!?!

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almuntadatrust:

Supermarkets pressed to donate spare food to charities

Supermarkets and manufacturers would be forced by law to donate their surplus food to charities in order to reduce the “scandalous” amount of food wasted in the UK, under proposals for a bill drawn up by a Labour MP.

The food waste bill is being brought forward by Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East, under parliament’s 10-minute rule, which allows MPs to introduce private members’ bills. It has cross-party support and will receive its first reading in the Commons on Wednesday, following a parliamentary launch event. Although the bill stands little chance of getting onto the statute book, its supporters believe it will help draw attention to an issue of growing environmental concern.

McCarthy said that up to 50% of edible and healthy food is routinely wasted across the European Union – a figure that would rise across the EU if something is not done. She added: “The amount of food wasted in the UK is a scandal. By creating a surplus of – uneaten – food, the global food industry is adding pressure on scarce land and resources, contributing to deforestation, needlessly adding to global greenhouse gas emissions and helping to drive up global food prices.” (source)

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Nature, y’all! They look like iridescent stained glass windows…

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climateadaptation:

There is nothing to fear. Trust VertiCrop.

smarterplanet:

VertiCrop Processes 10,000 Plants Every 3 Days Using Vertical Hydroponic Farming

forget outdoor farming people, this is the future!!! skyscraper farms is the way to go…controlled environments, no heat, no cold, no bugs, no sprays!!!

Vertical farming is one of the most innovative solutions for lowering the amount of energy, space, and water needed to grow food, but Valcent Products has taken the practice to a whole new level with their revolutionary VertiCrop technology. By applying Henry Ford’s super-efficient assembly line concept to vertical hydroponic farming, the Vancouver-based firm can produce the same amount of produce on a standard sized residential lot that most farmers would be able to grow on a 16-acre plot. Their stacked, mechanized, produce-laden plastic trays are already a hot commodity, with orders coming in from every corner of the globe. Step in for a closer look at how this technology is completely changing the way we grow food.

The VertiCrop system consists of a series of mechanical 123 plastic trays stacked 8 high that can be placed on urban rooftops and other tight spaces. They contain vegetables and herbs that are grown hydroponically with just 8% of the water and 5% of the space required by standard farms. Energy efficient LED lights are on standby to supplement waning natural light when necessary.

VertiCrops are climate controlled and use absolutely no harmful herbicides or pesticides. What’s more, they are incredibly easy to manage. A staff of just 3 people can handle 4,000 square feet of plants and 2,000 square feet of germinating, harvesting, and packing space, and they can process as many as 10,000 plants every 3 days! Valcent’s COO Christopher Ng told the Global Commodities Report, “this is what farming has to develop into.”

via mattmeetstheinternet:  foreverdante:

I was wondering when they’d take the hydroponic route.

This guy did some research and I have to say, it’s a pretty insightful look into the history of our government’s politically motivated nutritional recommendations. We should probably look to our government to tell us what we should eat right? They only want the best for their citizens right? It has nothing to do with the interests of the ever-growing oligarchy that is the food industry right?

WRONG. Do read. Here’s an excerpt and the link:

From: A 110 Year History of Government Food Advice

Over the past few days I’ve been doing my darndest to research the history of America’s Food Pyramid in preparation for writing this entry and am amazed at a few things that immediately jump out in my few hours of reading.

1. By my count, it’s been changed roughly 8-11 times in slightly over a century.
2. It’s a very cryptic and difficult topic to research.
3. It’s AMAZINGLY political.
4. It somehow changes based on current events (specifically, wars)
5. It’s never worked.

In 1902 a handsome, mysterious looking man named Atwater, with a whopping $10,000 subsidy from the government, published the first  document on nutrition and essentially legitimized the calorie as the way to measure diet.  In 1917,  Caroline Hunt produced the first USDA food guide with a new focus not on calories but on vitamins and minerals.  1946 rolls round, America is kicking ass taking names across the pond and based on the newly established Recommended Dietary Allowances in 1943, Uncle Sam establishes the “Basic 7″ foods for health.  Sammy baby changes his mind in 1956 and whittles it down to the “Basic 4″.  Years later in the 60s and 70s, the world’s biggest a-hole combo come along, McGovern and Keys, and influence what essentially is the eradication of dietary fat.  Americans embark on three decades of terrible, grain-based eating and in 1992, the first official USDA Food Pyramid is produced telling you to eat 11 servings of grains a day.  We revise it in ’05, abolish it in 2011 and here we are today with Michelle Obama’s much improved but severely lacking MyPlate.

A handy little venn diagram of the Federal Govt and Monsanto’s ties.

I’m sorry what?! A Filipino food truck, ladies and gentlemen.